Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26

OF an era OF prosperity for that great
place OF amusement aud the Wild
West Show will be followed very likely
bv stereopiicOn entertainments and {
humorous lecture. In that way BufEr
10 bill IS benefactor, for the long and
painful silence that has settled down
Tor centuries about the galleries and
dim foyers Of tho Coliseum will be
broken and the thrilling tones of "Cur.
lew shall not ring tonight" will iar
Tie chlnking out OF the crumbling
walls that in years past resounded
with the applause Of the Roman popu.
lace as spartaeus told the people thai
he was not always thus.
May It not be that in future years,
now that the Coliseum is to be thrown
open. Joshua Whtcomb will jerk his
old hair trunk across the arena which
once caught the warm blood Of Aurellus
Portcullis as he slowly fed himself to
fierce Mum Ian lion, while the band
played Read the Answer in the
Stars ?"
How long will it be before Mr.. Adonis
i. Dixey will deliver milk where once
the fat and wheezy Roman Proctor sad
there were no noble men but Romans
and Ohio men?
Can II be that Mrs. Langtry or Mrs
James Brown Potter will some day rent
the Coliseum for whole season and
wear their good clothes where centuries
ago, the gladiator, wearing belt with
frill 10 { and armed with cast-iron
toadstnbber. bowed 10 tho Roman
Pr@lor and asked h M 10 kindly turn
in a few ringlail Tigers from Farther
India aud he would show the audience
how grown-up tiger looked ins dc?
May not MIR. Kiralfy in the near
future show the wonder ng descendants
of Aurelns Rutabaga Trfoliatus how
Babylon looked while in the act OF fall
ing and throw upon the walls Of the
Coliseum the celebrated Ianiwr ting
which nobody but Daniel ever could
make out?
can see that in dramatic way
Buffalo Bill has opened up a new route,
besides starting towards America a
perfect swarm Of amateur cowboys who
1 desire 10 cross the plains and rescue
beautiful Young lady who is walking
from Jnlrsberg to Walla Walla wearing
perle franca Sc dress. the front We Leo
with Hoboken "rick.rack' en- tab icr,
PUmpadour panels Of creme A-sllapcd
IA lie iranch Sc. en- Joufnt. lined with
oyster velvet and edged with heavy
elephant breath silk cord. while ia the
Y-shHped corsage nesIles large bunch
Of Marshal o Neil roses.
My sympalh es arc W III the people
who We IN the West and who resent
this thing. For many years the people
who dwell in the Ierrilor es have been
annually Wis ted by young people from
the older portions Of the country or
from England who DIES red 10 & We
themselves up 10 carnage. Now the
prospects are that the influx will he
even greater than ever, and would
advise the people who dwell in the far
West TO arm themselves with eggs or
some other groceries that will not hurt
and be prepared.
saw one Of these kindergarten COW.
boys get OLA train once aud 60 up
through The town. Afterwards saw
him como back. He looked different
somehow. When he got off at the sta
ton / noticed that he had long hair
which was tied back with a pale blue
waiercd silk ribbon. He had long leg.
which seemed 10 extend from hi:
! Adam apple 10 the ground. A mar.
row. rcd four-in-hand hectic denoted
where the legs Terminated and The head
began. He looked real sweet. When
he took the train there was nothing by
which TO IDENTIFY him except straw.
berry mark which lie carried carefully
concealed IN shawl strap.
Boys who sigh TO dash madly across
the plains or follow the cowpath Il
fame do not know of the dangers and
dcsolation such u life involves. There
are two classes Of COWBOYS IN the West.
viz, the working cowboy AMI the lay
figure cowboy. The latter remains IL
town and rolls cigarettes, which h,
smokes Iiercely through Ii nose. lie
talks learnctIly Of cattle brands, cor
rails, round-ups, "cavvyards," ranges
bands. punches and herds. but doosn
really know a range COW from a Texa,
steer
/ The genuine cowbor is not always
beautiful, but he is conversant with ht'
business. knows every brand in h dis
triot at least and who owns I; is BRAY,
where bravery is most needed, that is
in the discharge of his duty. To stanC
watch all night n I'll zzard and hold 1
band OF restless believing cattle from
stamped ne, to ride all the next da!
half asleep in his saddle, to fall occ@
onall from his pom, when the latte
makes mistake and steps in prair
dog village, or to have collar-bon'
broken when fifty m les from physt
clan, ara some OF the features of COW
bov lifu VIII ch the boys who run AVA
from school TO cross the Missouri dt
not cons der.
Moreover. It would be we'll II every
boy In America or elsewhere wonl'
write IN his own hat with blue penci
that there is no rOse-bor'lered road t